Women will wed for love, if partner has job – poll

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – Most women would marry  for love over money — unless the man is unemployed, according  to a new survey.
Three out of four women said they would not wed someone  without a job, and 65 percent would feel uncomfortable tying  the knot if they themselves were jobless.
But more than 91 percent of single women said they would  marry for love over money.
“It is ironic that women place more weight on love than  money, yet won’t marry if they or their potential suitor is  unemployed,” said Meghan Casserly, of ForbesWoman which  conducted the survey with the website YourTango.com.
Even more telling, she said, is that 77 percent of women  surveyed believe they can have it all — a fulfilling  relationship and family life, as well as a successful career.
But 63 percent of women said they work 40-59 hours, and 62  percent of women in a relationship said they spend just three  waking hours or less with their partner during the work week.
“The career is really taking the No. 1 position for working  women,” Casserly said. “It’s pretty ironic that this number of  women believe they can have everything. How? When?”
Two out of five women in a relationship said their job was  most likely to keep them up at night, according to the poll of  625 women. Job responsibilities and love life tied as the  factors most likely to keep single women awake.
Thirty-two percent of women said they make more money than  their partner and half said they would marry someone who earned  significantly less than them, while 41 percent wouldn’t.
Fifty-five percent of women said they would give up their  career to take care of children if their partner asked them to  do so. But only 28 percent would ask the same of their  partner.
If women could find an extra hour in each day, 42 percent  would spend it by themselves, instead of with their partner,  friends or family or on work.
The survey results are available on  http://blogs.forbes.com/meghancasserly/2011/06/21/career-love-recession-unemployed-and-engaged and  http://www.yourtango.com/careersurvey.